Pumpkin Jam

(Aunt Bonnie via Diane)

8 or 12 cups grated fresh pumpkin (skin too)
8 or 12 cups white sugar
2 or 3 oranges
chopped candied ginger (to personal taste)
maraschino cherries.

Grate pumpkin. Add sugar and leave overnight.
Next day: add all the other ingredients (except cherries)
Boil until thickened (an hour or so). Stir and watch it in the final stages for sticking)
Add: Cherries right near the end.

Place in sterilized jars.